In a desperate bid to ensure next year's X Factor winner gets a No 1 single, the show may be staged a week earlier so the victor can avoid battling for the top spot at Christmas. According to The Sun, Simon Cowell believes a similar campaign to the one that saw Rage Against The Machine hit the top of the charts will be organised next year too.
X Factor judge Cheryl Cole slammed Rage Against The Machine for battling against Joe McElderry for the top spot last week, calling it "mean".

Having successfully completed another series of The X Factor in the UK, Simon Cowell's plans to take the format to the US seem inevitable.
Joe McElderry has been crowned winner of The X Factor 2009.
X Factor judge Dannii Minogue says that she still has no idea why she was asked to move seats during this year's series.
It was one of the closest-run finishes in X Factor history.
Stacey Solomon has become the latest contestant to leave the X Factor in a nail-biting finish. 
The heat is on for the last three X Factor hopefuls as the final approaches.
With the likes of Mariah Carey and Lady Gaga having already performed on the X Factor stage, the final was always going to be a star-studded affair.




